I meant to send this as a reply to the list.
Craig
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> It is a fascinating study. The racial gap is stunning. I well recall one black friend of mine telling me he was arrested for walking down the street after getting off a bus in St. Louis and still wearing his uniform. This was right after WW IIl. His crime? Walking while black after dark. Hard to believe. This is a great new set of records to look at. I suspect the short sentences are are for minor or (non) crimes. Still, it speaks volumes about how justice was administered in those days. Personally, I take the convictions for white males and females and black females pretty seriously. The ones for the black males will need more examination. I wouldn't say they were all innocent, but the numbers alone tell us they were not all guilty of anything. Incredible topic and source of information. Regardless sex or race, this may be the only source of information we may ever find for many of these people.
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> Craig Kilby
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> On Oct 3, 2011, at 2:41 PM, Bill Crews wrote:
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>> the mildness of the sentences by today's standards are striking. Not only were the sentences relatively short for the crimes but most were released early. Three on the one ledger page were pardoned.
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>> ________________________________
>> From: Craig Kilby <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Sent: Monday, October 3, 2011 2:25 PM
>> Subject: [VA-HIST] Correction to the tally of the incarcerated...
>>
>> this should read at the end, "1 black female."
>>
>> On Oct 3, 2011, at 2:20 PM, Craig Kilby wrote:
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>>> Fascinating study. If I tallied this up correctly (not tallying what the crimes were), and just for this page #38596 - #38636 (40 people) sometime in the 1930s:
>>>
>>> 9 white males
>>> 24 black males
>>> 3 white females
>>> 1 white female
>>>
>>> I have a more than passing interesting in this topic since my father was Badge #11 in the Missouri State Highway Patrol, commissioned 01 October 1937, and he used to tell us kids stories of his chasing the likes of Bonnie & Clyde and other gangsters in that era. "Chasing" sounds exciting except that many patrolmen were killed in the process. Gangsters have guns and know how to use them.
>>>
>>> Craig
>>>
>>> On Oct 3, 2011, at 11:33 AM, Helms, Bari (LVA) wrote:
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>>>> Mug Shot Monday is finally here! This first post featuring Edith Maxwell
>>>> is the start of a new weekly series highlighting inmate photographs
>>>> found in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. Other records to be
>>>> found in this weekly series include the prisoner's register entry and a
>>>> brief overview of their case. Check out this week's blog entry and
>>>> continue to tune in on Mondays for more.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2011/10/03/mug-shot-m
>>>> onday-edith-maxwell-no-38599/
>>>>
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